Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Arizona

This was not a single writer, but a team working under the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Arizona, part of the wider Federal Writers' Project created during the New Deal. The program employed writers to produce guidebooks and other public-facing works while documenting local history, culture, and everyday life.

The group is best known for Arizona: The Grand Canyon State, one of the state guides in the American Guide Series. Books like this mixed practical travel information with essays on history, geography, towns, and traditions, giving readers a broad picture of the state as it was understood at the time.

Because the work was produced by a government-sponsored writers' project, individual contributors were often less visible than the program itself. What stands out today is the collective effort: a snapshot of Arizona shaped by researchers, editors, and writers working together during the 1930s and early 1940s.